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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) — More teenagers start drinking
and smoking cigarettes and marijuana in June and July than in any other
months, U.S. health officials say.
During each of those summer days, more than 11,000 teens on average use
alcohol for the first time, 5,000 start smoking cigarettes and 4,500 try
marijuana, according to the report, which was released Tuesday by the U.S.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
“These months include periods when adolescents are on a break from
school and have more idle time; they have fewer structured
responsibilities and less adult supervision,” said Dr. H. Westley Clark,
director of the administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
The findings are based on data from the administration’s annual
National Survey on Drug Use and Health for the years 2002 to 2012, which
include interviews with more than 230,000 teens.
December is the only other month in which substance-start rates
approach June and July levels, according to the report.
During the rest of the year, daily first-time alcohol use runs from
5,000 to 8,000 occurrences a day. Approximately 3,000 to 4,000 teens start
smoking cigarettes, and about the same number try marijuana, according to
the report.
More teenagers start using hallucinogens and inhalants in the summer,
the researchers found. There was, however, no such increase in those
starting to use cocaine or abuse prescription drugs.
Parents need to know that summertime is when their teens are more
likely to start smoking, drinking and using drugs, Clark said.
“Even though summer months are about free time, it is also about
greater risk,” he said. And parents need to talk to their children about
these risks.
Among other programs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration has a Smart Summer campaign that encourages parents to help
prevent children from using these substances by setting boundaries,
monitoring activities and being involved in their kids’ lives, Clark
said.
Bruce Goldman, director of substance abuse services at Zucker Hillside
Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y., said parents need to work with their kids to
plan their time — to have some structured activity every day.
“You should have an open dialogue with your children in terms of what
they’re doing and about alcohol and drugs,” he said.
“The longer you can delay adolescents from experimenting with alcohol
and drugs, the better their chances of not developing problems later in
life,” Goldman said. “It’s critical that parents be alert.”
More information
For more on teens and drugs, visit the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry.
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